EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDnSTG SHEEP. 241 



" To prove the temperature of the animal hody during the 

 hot weather, I placed the two lots of shearlings, No. 6 and 

 No. 7, upon moderate clover on the 1st of July, 1843. 



"No. 10. — The eight shearlings, (No. 6,) were weighed, 

 and allowed one pint of peas per day, and again weighed at the 

 the end of 21 days, and were found to have gained 9^ lbs. each. 



"No. 11. — The eight shearlings, (No. T,) were also 

 weighed, and given one pint of old beans per day, and again 

 weighed at the same time, and were found to have gained 6 

 lbs. each, the peas appearing most suitable to the animal 

 temperature during the hot weather, and the beans far too hot. 

 What is more important, those sheep fed upon beanS were 

 getting full of humors in this short space of time, while 

 those fed upon peas were looking exceedingly healthy. 



"In the autumn of 1843, after making the above experi- 

 ments, I determined upon testing the qualities of the various 

 vegetables open to our use at that season of the year. On 

 the 2d of October, 1843, thirty lambs were equally divided 

 into lots of ten each, and placed upon over-eaten seeds. They 

 were all weighed, and the roots regularly given them by an 

 experienced shepherd. 



"No. 12. — Ten lambs, fed upon cut white turnips, were 

 again weighed on the 13th of November, and were found to 

 have gained, upon an average, 11 lbs. each. 



"No. 13. — Ten Iambs, fed upon cut Swedes, gained during 

 the six weeks, upon an average, 11 lbs. each. 



"No. 14. — Ten lambs fed upon cut cabbage, gained 

 during the time, 16^ pounds each, showing, as I fully 

 expected, a preference in favor of cabbage ; but, to my equal 

 surprise, a great difference in favor of the white turnip over 

 the Swede. By subsequent experiments I found, as the cold 

 weather advanced, the cabbage and white turnip became of 

 less value, and that the Swede improved. 



" In the autumn of 1844, having placed my ram lambs in 

 their winter quarters, and observing that those placed upon 

 cole-seed were going on apparently the best, I determined to 

 weigh a part of them in comparison with those placed in pens 

 upon grass land; consequently, on the 14th of October, 1844, 

 the followmg lots were weighed, as in previous experiments, 

 the ten upon the cole-seed being selected from 24 others, 

 marked, and again placed with them: 



"No. 15. — Ten lambs penned upon cole-seed,* with cut 



* A species of cabtage. 



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